[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I'lio casfs marked * were sent by the “ Burton 01).server ” Uncle supervising eaeli ease, after examination at the Clinic by the School Medical OlTicer. 'I'he garments given by the “Mayoress’ Xeedlework Guild’’ have again been veiy useful. i\riss Cretton kindly sent a grant for a special case. The Connnittee are greatly indebted to the Voluntary Aid A.s.saciation, and to the War Mejnorial Trustees for providing I’ailway fare.s, and to the L(;rd Burton Memoidal Fund for a grant towards the cost of surgical instruments. Tlie Feoffees have given a grant of t'2d. grants for all Sanatorium treatment for tubercular eases, and .‘lb tickets for Convale.scent Homes. Besides this very generous help, they have given a special grant of £35 towards the cost of a ea.se sent to Coleshill Orthopiedic Hospital for an operation. This ca.se was a long expensive one, but pi’oved very .successful. The Committee wish to reeor<l their thanks to the Feoifees for all their groat help. ELLA \V. GREEN, CJiair/iKiii. PHYLLIS 5r. EVERSHED Hon. Secretari/. 17. Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Children. The method.s of asetudaining these ehildron ha\e I'esidted in the registers being kept u]) to dat(‘. .An advance in the treatment of .severely .Myopic children has been eidered into this year as shown oh ]»age 7S of the School .Medical Oilicer's rejjort, although this aiTangoment falls slioi't of the ideal—a sjiecial myope class. Twenty-live children were examiTual for mental deficiencj’, and eight of these were entered on the register of mentally defective children.’ There an* now 5S names on tins register, of whom 51